Белочка (Belochka)

The way I interpreted the overall song was that about a love between a boy and girl, both of which are supposedly too "young" to be thinking of such things. Maybe around ten years old or something. The girl wants to be with the boy, and vice versa. But "it's hard to be a boy if you're a girl, it's hard to be a girl if you're a boy." At these younger ages, boys and girls typically hang out with those in the same gender. A young boy is ridiculed by his peers as being sissy if he decides to play with the girl. A girl is a tomboy if she wants to play sports with the boy. These gender roles keep them apart. But, if she were a squirrel, and he were a bunny, it wouldn't really matter. Sure they'd be different, but they could frolic together all they wanted, without judgment, without a care in the world. Beautiful, beautiful song if you look at it that way.

I suppossed when you are a teenager, really young one, gay, or even straight, first, you think everything can be easy, later you realize that it's an adults' world and that makes thing harder, not as they were planned. Maybe the gay/lesbian issue is trying to figure out your role, your gender role, and feeling ypu should be a boy in order to be accepted by your girlfriend's parents of friends, you wish that coulb be done...And it's a very innocent image, desparate almost, thinking about being a bunny or a furry little squirrel...

But you told me That everything would be easy. That we needed this, And that's how grown-ups are. Locks and laces, Bursting into tears. Accidental points, Everything's very serious. Because...

It's hard to be a boy when you are a girl. It's hard to be a girl when you are a boy. Oh, but maybe I can be a little squirrel? Oh, and maybe you can be a little hare?

And what if we ran away And left no trace of ourselves And not get pushed over the gaps And be the last to hide? Smeared with paint, Silly questions We'll take off our masks. And become grown-ups.

It's hard to be a boy when you are a girl. It's hard to be a girl when you are a boy. Oh, but maybe I can be a little squirrel? Oh, and maybe you can be a little hare?

It's hard to be a boy when you are a girl. It's hard to be a girl when you are a boy. Oh, but maybe I can be a little squirrel? Oh, and maybe you can be a little hare?